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chrisa

Are you talking like doomsday or zombie apocalypse prepping? Hm... In addition to what others have said:

- a few solar powered calculators

- several walkie talkies and a way to power them

- wind up flashlights

- repair equipment (soldering iron, wire cutters, wire, etc)

Would a lead box shield those from an EMP? If so, then put those in a lead box in a basement or something

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I wasn't really thinking stuff like asteroid impact or nuclear war. More like invasion of Taiwan which at this point is (IMO) 50:50 and ripple effects from that. Fabpocalypse if you will. No products possible to make at post-1970s design levels, even though expertise is still in place.

>doomsday or zombie apocalypse prepping?

>asteroid impact or nuclear war. >invasion of Taiwan >Fabpocalypse

Thanks for reminding me.

I think with threat levels increasing people are going to have to tailor their prepping according to more than one type of expected apocalypse.

I bought a ton of solar calculators for a buck each and stuffed them in my doom barrels.

Make sure they're really solar-powered.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uLTDuGhqE2w

Why?

I have a doom barrel full of math workbooks. Trade?

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